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A given name in Old English and Finnish
[ˈwiɫ.ɫeˌhɑːd] · Old English
01 / Meaning & origin
Willehad is a masculine given name documented in Old English and Finnish. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.
Maybe from willa (“will, desire”) and hād.
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04 / Through time
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WILLEHAD— “resolute battle”
Native to Germany is Williburg, which has a northern fac-simile Vilbjorg, and Vilgerd, the same in meaning, resolute protection; Willrich, resolute ruler; Willehad, resolute violence; Willeram, resolute raven; Willihard, reduplicating firmness; Willigis, willing pledge, or pledge of the will; Willimar, resolute fame, making our surname Wilmer. Williheri, resolute warrior, is the source of the German Willer, the English Weller, the French Villiers and Villars, which, with…
Native to Germany is Williburg, which has a northern fac-simile Vilbjorg, and Vilgerd, the same in meaning, resolute protection; Willrich, resolute ruler; Willehad, resolute violence; Willeram, resolute raven; Willihard, reduplicating firmness; Willigis, willing pledge, or pledge of the will; Willimar, resolute fame, making our surname Wilmer. Williheri, resolute warrior, is the source of the German Willer, the English Weller, the French Villiers and Villars, which, with their aristocratic sound, betray little of their kindred to Sam Weller.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter II (Names From Teuton Mythology), Section IX (Will) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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